Bride confronts couple for bringing children to her 'kid-free wedding'

Kid-free weddings are pretty normal these days. Firstly, the bride and groom don't want to be shilling out an extra place setting for an infant that will only eat chicken nuggets. But secondly, without kids, their guests are able to have a good, carefree time.

So it's understandable, such as in this case, for a couple to explicitly state for their guests to leave the kids at home.

Then again: babysitters are expensive and for some parents, leaving their children just isn't an option.

A Reddit user posted a dilemma they encountered at their own wedding when a family friend brought along their two small kids to the reception, despite instructions not to.

Guests brought their kids after explicitly being told not to. (iStock)

"At the actual wedding ceremony, I let it slide," they wrote. "I was preoccupied for obvious reasons. I also thought that maybe they planned not to attend the reception or to have someone pick the kids up before it started."

Their niece and a few other small children in the bridal party were picked up after the ceremony, they explained. Yet, the family friend still brough their kids to the reception.

"I had many other guests and didn’t really feel like dealing with it so I asked our event planner to go over to them and discuss whether someone was picking up the child as the reception (and wedding, frankly!) were not supposed to have children."

The user explained that the kids had been running around and appeared cranky and restless.

"I could tell they were arguing with my event planner though so I went over to help him. I think they thought I came to rescue them because they started going on about how rude my event planner was. I explained that I had actually sent him over to discuss the children. I reiterated that the event was child-free and said that I had stated so clearly on my invitations," they recalled.

'I had stated no kids clearly on the invitations' (iStock)

"The wife gave a sort of apology and then assured me that they were capable of minding their own children to make sure they didn’t get in the way of anything. I said that wasn’t really the point. That’s when my now-husband comes over and he and the other woman’s husband begin going back and forth and things got a little heated."

"Finally I snapped and said that they just needed to go, which, thankfully they did without much more noise. Still, the whole scene was incredibly embarrassing which is exactly what I wanted to avoid."

Not only was it an awkward encounter, the newlywed said that the rest of the wedding was gossiping about the confrontation. It made them feel like an 'a-hole'.

'I snapped and said they just needed to go' (iStock)

Other Reddit users were overwhelmingly on the poster's side, saying it was rude and unreasonable for the guests to bring their kids and then argue about it.

"Unbelievably rude to you, and unfair to your other guests, that they would think the rules didn't apply to them," said one.

"You said it in your invitation. It shouldn't be difficult for people. They don't get to decide what happens on your wedding day," said another.

A lot of people were acknowledging, however, the tight spot that kid-free events can put parents in. But a wedding day is different! And if the rules are explicit, guests are given plenty of notice, there should be no excuses.